Dark Lagoon Color

#6a7f7d

Dark Lagoon is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #958082
Complementary Color #7f6a6c
Color Shade: warm cyan (174.29° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 45.69% (better contrasting with white)
Dark Lagoon Color Sample
Dark Lagoon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6a7f7d

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Dark Lagoon Color. The Balsam Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dark Ash (#6a6d6d) for more calm effect. Try Dover Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7f6a6c is the best complementary color to Dark Lagoon. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6a7f7d complementary color is Spicy Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Sirocco are #6a7f72 and #6a767f. Thus found on the left and right of #6a7f7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Xanadu and Pale Sky colors as they work well with Dark Lagoon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dark Lagoon palette consists of #7f726a and #7f6a76 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7f6a6c). Try Americano and Falcon colors in combination with #6a7f7d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #6a7f7d offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dark Lagoon. Thus Bandicoot and Rum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dark Lagoon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spicy Pink, Rum, and Camouflage Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #6a7f7d square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Dark Lagoon tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#7f6a6c) and two others. The Rum is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Camouflage Green – 120° from the complementary Spicy Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d6a7f and #6c7f6a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6a7f7d is made of 30% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Dark Lagoon has a hue angle of 174.29°, a saturation of 9.01% and a lightness of 45.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6a7f7d is made of 8.23% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.78% yellow and 50.2% black ink.

HEX #6a7f7d
RGB Decimal rgb(106,127,125)
RGB Percentage 30%, 35%, 35%
CMYK 8.23, 0, 0.78, 50.2
HSL hsl(174.29,9.01%,45.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(174.29,16.54%,49.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.5232,-8.0439,-1.4722)
XYZ xyz(17.2349,19.7236,22.3007)
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